theo parrish s/d

destroy: moodymann.

Well, from what I hear, outside of Detroit his stuff can be a little hard to come by. I'm spoiled. I can go to a local record store here (Record Time) and pick up the majority of his 12"s and, if the timing's right, his way-limited mix CD-Rs. As a DJ, he's not always technically perfect, but his track selection and strange EQing make him my favorite.

That being said, I highly recommend the following:
-FIRST FLOOR: album on Peacfrog, available on CD. Great place to start.
-PARALLEL DIMENSIONS: album on Sound Signature (his label). Also available on CD, but I have the vinyl.
-"Summertime Is Here" 12" on Sound Signature. Closer to astral jazz than house in a lot of ways.
-"Sawala Seyale/I Can Take It" 12" on Sound Signature: Great Afrohouse b/w his take on Recloose's "I Can't Take It"
-"Solitary Flight/Dellwood II" 12" on Sound Signature: Just released. "Solitary Flight" features a great piano line and killer violin. Orchestral house.
-ECLECTIC AESTHETIC Vol. 1 & 2: great mix set CD-R that encompasses Fela, Bob Marley, Prince, Liaisons Dangereuses, deep house, disco and soul.
-THESE DAYS & TIMES Vol. 1 & 2: Another mix CD-R. Vol. 1 starts with more current stuff and moves into classic disco and soul on Vol. 2
-the rest of the 12"s on Sound Signature!

If you can't find his stuff in stores near you, try Record Time (http://www.recordtime.com), Forced Exposure or Bent Crayon.

Since his stuff can be hard to find, I'd be willing to make CD-Rs of the CDs I have to trade. Just email me.

Jess, how can say "destroy moodymann"?

loved the jill scott mix, sun ra one less so

Methods of Movement? Haven't come across this one, either. There's a good discography here: http://twoplayer.net/theo/

Where are you, Zemko? I'm surprised to hear an HMV would have it! The mix CD-Rs generally run about $15 from the stores here, and about $17 elsewhere (also saw some at Amoeba in San Fran).

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Anyway, I like the "I Can Take It" 12", and most of the other Sound Signature stuff but oh is it hard and/or expensive to find. Thanks for the offer of trade Jeff, and does anyone have some of the 12 inches dubbed to cd and want to trade?

I think I have most of the mix cd's. You could usually get them from FE when they were released but you had to act fast. I'd be willing to burn copies for anyone interested. Just drop me a line.

Destroy: Theo Parrish mix CD manufacturer. The top of mine literally peeled off after a year!

I hope that you answer me someday, because is really difficult find in spain people who love and understand theo parrish concept, as a dj as a producer.

Enjoy da good fucking shit.

i have been listening to nothing but parrish mix cd's for the last couple of days.

Jess, I remember you bagging on SILENCE IN THE SECRET GARDEN a bit when that came out, maybe that was it. I'm biased, I hold KDJ second only to Theo in house music production.

PS: Andrés will never get enough love.

Summertime Is Here
Solitary Flight
Heal Yourself and Move
Ebonics
Melt
Walking Thru the Sky
Lake Shore Drive
Orchestra Hall
Dan Ryan
When the Morning Comes

Andy, what is this Rotating Assembly album of which you speak?

"I wish all the Theo Parrish releases weren't so nebulous and expensive"

Ha, for once I have a leg up on all y'all grime/gutter garage white label collectors, shit I can't get ahold of in my local shops! The Record Time stores in the Detroit suburbs always have Theo's stuff, and for very afforable prices. Maybe it's no so bad here after all!

Really digging the Harmonie Park 12" as well.

Didn't the last Moodymann come out like 6 months ago??

Thanks for the tip, Andy. I'm surprised I didn't notice this on my last trip to Record Time. I don't stop in there very often (every couple months usually), but I was just there maybe 3 weeks ago and didn't see it.

p.s. Mullygrubber is my hero for hooking me up with Burzum and a bunch of Brazilian stuff in exchange for my Theo and Moodymann and Danielle Dax stuff.

Well, there's that Marvin Gaye remix, better known as Major Moments of Instant Insanity.

I just paid through the nose for the 2-cd Three Chairs album, but it is stunning.

the Eclectic aesthetic (ugh, horrible name) mixes are pretty darn good too.

is this the same thing as that triple-vinyl set that was recently released?

at least that's the case for the pressing i have

Yeah that too, i thought that was just a mistake though.
The mixing is fucked up compared to the vinyl version though (and all other theo i've heard)

Random note: I took a tour of the Mies van der Rohe glass house Farnsworth House last month, and the tour guide (and the house's executive director) was Theo's dad.

he also did something f'd up to the mastering on sound signature vol 2

Theo being Theo. I do love the Footwork / Tympanic Warfare single though.

http://www.npr.org/2014/11/24/365994454/theo-parrish-be-in-yo-self

fuuuuck

new album's a masterpiece.

Yes!

ayo holy fucking shit this album

so much good shit coming out right in december as its ever been

"be in yo self" is incredible, need to go in on this album

here for december as another exciting new releases month

this is great. "Footwork" such a lovely closer.

how do i buy this in the states?

'ah' kind of drags on waaaay too long

i feel like i'll never get the reasoning behind including slow-slow-slow music on house and techno albums, it never seems like the downtempo-ish tracks work, but that doesn't seem to stop anyone from trying

man i love "ah" but every time i've heard "ah" it's 3 am

i don't particularly care about any of these tracks "dragging" though bc i kinda never want them to stop

i dunno i'm probably not hearing it, it's more that it doesn't click so it reminds me of a block i've got with any 'time out' dance album breather

seriously tho this album

"Make No War"

damn

thanks for the heads up, i'm digging this too - something about the homemade sound is really appealing, you can imagine him in his garage banging these out while taking breaks to make his kids lunch.

revisiting this record this week and man

agree

I haven't played this for ages, it is so good.

instant classic

The man is a sorcerer

"helmut lampshade" is unexpectedly aphex-ian

"Warrior Code" is so fn good

i played my long time gay club dj boyfriend parallel dimensions and he said it's the best thing he's heard in a long time. oh yeah!

classic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWnA4Lfmqtc

only $105 on discogs

Gullah Geechee

pipecock remains wrong but ronan's post was also bad & i regret cosigning lol

don’t feel bad - i regret everything i post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIyJ3Ec7Pjc

theo parrish commented on ronan's post tho which is pretty wild

so now that this thread's been brought up I should probably get around to asking this - where's the best place to start with this guy?

depends what kind of music you like

early theo = house music ——> late theo = broken beat

i recommend starting at the beginning and working forward if you like house music, or starting with the new stuff and working backward if you like broken beat music

ugly edits is where i started, it's pretty good imo

I'm not great with record titles and artist names but the blue/orange record that sounds a bit like Ron Trent, thats my favourite!

This one! Night of the Sagittarius / African Roots

Also this one! That Day / How I Feel

I need to start painting my record sleeves and then order them by feeling, that way they might stop getting lost

Feel like all of the big three albums (First Floor, Parallel Dimensions, American Intelligence) would be fine starting points, though I listen to the latter two more regularly.

oh yes of course, Reaction to Plastic, I forgot about that one, ,always forget thats a Theo track

caning the ugly edits tonight

kind of the definitive version of "the love i lost" for me at this point

god I love the bside on that one

fav prob is the freddie hubbard

yeah.. just gorgeous!!

we just had a dance to "get on down"

are these still impossible to get on vinyl? i've only ever had the cd

not impossible i guess if you want to drop $30 and gamble on international shipping right now...

i really love "slick" too. listening to these after a long time because we watched "foxy brown" for the first time tonight (wow!) and the willie hutch soundtrack and all

this is the release i needed this year

Proud to announce the forthcoming LP from
Theo Parrish, "Wuddaji"
Available Friday September 18th
on soundsignature.net

snippets

https://soundcloud.com/soundsignaturedetroit/sets/theo-parrish-wuddaji

Wow that first track snippet is IT

it all sounds super dope tbh.